Catholic Theological Faculty of the University of Vienna

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Theology by Franz Matsch

The Catholic Theological Faculty of the University of Vienna is one of 19  faculties and centers of the University of Vienna and one of the largest in the theological subject in the German-speaking area. It sees itself as a place of research and study in dialogue with other sciences, with the public and the church. Sigrid Müller has been the dean of the faculty since October 2012 .

About 70 scientists research and teach at the Catholic Theological Faculty of the University of Vienna, divided into seven institutes (15 departments) and four faculty research focuses. The faculty is involved in two interdisciplinary research platforms (Religion and Transformation in Contemporary Society, Ethics and Law in Medicine) and in two research centers at the University of Vienna (Research Center for Human Rights, Center for Teacher Education).

In 2017, around 1000 students from around 30 countries studied at the faculty. The range of courses includes 12 theological and religious studies courses (bachelor, master, diploma, doctoral and PhD programs) and two religious studies extension curricula.

history

The Catholic Theological Faculty of the University of Vienna was founded by Duke Albrecht III. founded, the church approval was given on February 21, 1384 by Pope Urban VI. This makes the Vienna faculty the oldest theological faculty in today's German language and cultural area (University of Prague 1348).

Research priorities

  • Ethics in Religious and Secular Contexts
  • Religion and Transformation (as of 2017 as part of the research platform "Religion and Transformation in Contemporary Society")
  • Text and mysticism
  • Medieval Theological Studies

Scientific book series

The Catholic Theological Faculty is involved in two academic book series: “Vienna Forum for Theology and Religious Studies” and “Religion and Transformation in Contemporary European Society”.

Theological and religious studies courses

Diploma course

  • Catholic theology (15W and expiring version)

Bachelor studies

  • Religious Education, Focus on Catholic Religious Education (15W and discontinued versions)
  • Religious Education Focus on Education of Religions (15W and expiring versions)
  • Teaching qualification for Catholic religion

Masters degree

  • Religious Education with a focus on Catholic Religious Education (15W and expired version)
  • Religious Education Focus on Orthodox Religious Education
  • Teaching subject Catholic religion
  • Theological specialization
  • Religious studies

Doctoral and PhD studies

  • Doctoral program in Catholic theology
  • PhD in Advanced Theological Studies / Religious Education
  • Doctoral program in philosophy, dissertation area religious studies

Extension curricula in religious studies

  • Basics and methods of religious studies
  • Main themes of the history of religion

Institutes and departments

Institute building at Schenkenstrasse 8-10, 1010 Vienna

The Catholic Theological Faculty is divided into 7 institutes with a total of 15 departments. All institutes are housed in the university building Schenkenstrasse 8-10, 1010 Vienna.

Institute for Biblical Studies
Institute for Christian Philosophy
Institute for Historical Theology
Institute for Canon Law
Institute for Practical Theology
Institute for Religious Studies
Institute for Systematic Theology and Ethics

Former lecturers at the faculty

Special

In the conference room of the Catholic Theological Faculty of the University of Vienna there is the painting Theology by Franz Matsch, which is the only original of four paintings from the so-called Faculty Pictures that has been preserved.

literature

  • Josef Lenzenweger : The establishment of the theological faculty at the University of Vienna (1384). In: Ernst Suttner (Ed.): The Catholic-Theological Faculty of the University of Vienna 1884–1984. Berlin 1984, pp. 1-18.
  • Johann Reikerstorfer, Martin Jäggle (ed.): Forward memories. 625 years of the Catholic Theological Faculty of the University of Vienna. Vienna University Press, Göttingen 2009.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ History. In: ktf.univie.ac.at. Retrieved January 4, 2018 .